Dr. Watanabe has been a director of the Company since 2005. He is currently, and since July 2008 has been, the Representative Director of TechGate Investment, Inc., of Japan. Dr. Watanabe served as executive director of TechGate from July 2007 to July 2008. From 2005 to June 2007, he was the Executive General Manager, Research & Development, for Terumo Corporation of Japan. From 2004 to 2005, Dr. Watanabe served as an Advisor to Sony Corporation following his retirement from Sony in 2004. During his tenure at Sony from 1993 to 2004, Dr. Watanabe served as Executive Vice President of Environmental Affairs, President of Frontier Science Laboratories (Sony), President of the Semiconductor Division, and Director of the Research Center. Dr. Watanabe is also currently a director of Cool.revo, Inc. of Japan.